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All these tools are: Developed at the University of Basel and Swiss TPH Institute Ukrainian-Swiss Mother and Child Health Programme Open source software, no license fees required Web-based tools (Apache/PHP/MySQL) accessible via web interface Work for any operating system Simple, user-friendly, multilingual 4

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iPath Telemedicine Platform Designed for asynchronous (store-and- forward) telemedicine Ukrainian-Swiss Mother and Child Health Programme Does not require simultaneous availability of all parties for real-time communication Cases and comments can be posted by e-mail E-mail alerts about new cases and replies Standardized templates for case submission and description Very low requirements to hardware and bandwidth Can be used for distance education. 5

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iPath: implementation in Ukraine Started in 2003 as part of the Ukraine-Swiss perinatal health project Ukrainian-Swiss Mother and Child Health Programme Pilot institutions: Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Children Hospital and Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kyiv) Since 2009, the Ukrainian iPath platform has been running on a server in Donetsk operated by Association for Ukrainian Telemedicine and eHealth Development Used by more than 80 partner institutions in 4 regions – and by many other users in Ukraine and abroad 6

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openMEDIS: a simple and flexible tool for medical equipment inventory Helps health care managers to keep track of the equipment and make appropriate administrative Ukrainian-Swiss Mother and Child Health Programme decisions Integration of UMDNS nomenclature, generic device lists, supplier database, etc. Summary graphs for better visualization Interfaces for data import, export, and merge Can work over the Internet, in the Intranet, or on a local computer not connected to any network 8

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openMEDIS: Implementation in Ukraine At the first stage, was introduced in 22 oblast- and rayon-level partner institutions; Ukrainian-Swiss Mother and Child Health Programme >8,000 items were entered in the database; Currently is being introduced in >50 partner institutions in 4 regions of Ukraine. 10

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Perinatal registry:implementationin Ukraine Pilot stage: tested in two partner institutions in Ukrainian-Swiss Mother and Child Health Programme Volyn oblast, ~700 patients entered; Updates and adaptations in collaboration with Ukrainian consultants and programmers; Now – implementation in all other rayons of Volyn; a series of trainings in September – October 2012. Testing in other regions. 13

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ICT Tools: Experience of implementation Are viable and effective in low resource settings Ukrainian-Swiss Mother and Child Health Programme Human issues may be more limiting than technical issues Implementation should follow a properly planned procedure, and requires administrative support. Training – importance of ToT. MCH Programme is working in close collaboration with Ukrainian institutions to endure long-term sustainability. 14

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Fruitful collaboration with NMAPO in the field of medical ICT Videoconferencing (MS Lync) Development of e-Learning modules (new modules are under preparation now) Ukrainian-Swiss Mother and Child Health Programme 15